Recently there were some horrible pictures circulating of a man and woman who had overdosed in their car in Liverpool, Ohio. In the back seat their 4 year old child sat witnessing the horror (the child was taken into custody). The police said they had decided to make the images public "to show the other side of this horrible drug". [...]
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that kids will learn better in school if they have proper nutrition. But what does that mean, and how can we support our children in developing a diet that helps them to perform at their best? You’ve probably heard it said that food is both our best medicine and [...]
Our Patient Appreciation Day was a great success! We partnered with Local Matters, a Columbus organization that is building healthy communities by transforming the food system through education and increased access to healthful, affordable and sustainable food, while inspiring individuals to consider the role of food in their lives. It began with a yoga class that all the [...]
Today’s paper had two articles on community gardens in urban areas. Their goal is to involve the neighborhoods to grow healthy food for little cost and create a sense of community. What a fabulous idea! Local Matters has a project incorporates wellness, prevention of serious health issues, raises self-esteem and creates a safer, healthier environment. This is a [...]
posture Every day we see patients who have poor posture – some are embarrassed, some are proud of how bad it has become, some are resigned and some are guilty – must be the ones who had the nuns or yoga instructors scolding them. Good posture is vitally important and here are just a few reasons: [...]
“Wellness” – there’s a word thrown around by everybody from pharmaceutical companies to hospitals to insurance companies to drug stores. Well… most of those entities’ profits depend on you getting sick and staying sick. I contend they know nothing about real wellness. Their business is to let you get sick, detect the illness early (which is usually [...]
I love our garden and going to the farmer’s markets – one of my favorite parts of summer. Growing your own food or buying from chemical free local farmers is our best choice. Second best is buying organic as often as possible. The most important food to buy organic are your meats, poultry and dairy. Non-organic are [...]
A recent study says fish oil "causes prostate cancer." I find this a ridiculous statement. What will they conjure up next? Maybe that organic vegetables cause pimples? Dozens of previous studies have shown fish oil decreased risk of prostate cancer and this “thing” wasn’t even a randomized, controlled study. The men in the “study” hadn’t been taking fish oil but [...]
Saturday evening I went to a fun event sponsored by the Slow Food Group which promotes local, organic food cooked slowly and eaten joyfully. At the event, I met many organic farmers who are desperately concerned about GMOs. They realize that this practice may forever ruin our food supply. So what are GMOs? A genetically engineered food [...]
Central Ohio is full of pollen and pollutants – both cause itchy red eyes, a runny nose and inability to enjoy the finally decent weather. What are the normal solutions? Well as always drugs – anti-histamines and decongestants that either put us to sleep or hype us up and so out of it we don’t really care. Or weekly [...]
